Windows 8 How To: 16. Install .NET 3.5 and Windows Live Essentials

If you enjoy applications such as Windows Movie Maker or Windows Live Writer (an authoring tool I use to publish my blog posts), you can download and install Windows Live Essentials.

You can either install all apps, or choose specific apps to install if you don’t want to install all of them. I choose the latter option and install or update Windows Live Writer.

Note: The .NET Framework 4.5 Beta is included with Windows 8 Consumer Preview and installed on your computer with the operating system. However, the .NET Framework 3.5, which is required by Windows Live Essentials, is not automatically installed with Windows 8 Consumer Preview. But you can install it manually. More info on installing the .NET Framework 3.5 here.

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